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Statement of Exoneration for Chief Poundmaker, 2019
The archived government statement records the 2019 exoneration and apology concerning Chief Poundmaker. It is a primary document of a contemporary act of recognition and accountability, which should be read alongside the Nation's histories and older records.
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- Publisher / custodian
- Prime Minister of Canada
- Source date
- 2019-05-23; archived prepared speech
- Source type
- Primary document
- Format
- Text
- Regions
- Saskatchewan
- Peoples / communities
- Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Treaties
- Treaty 6
Read with context
Government-authored prepared remarks marked check against delivery, not a verbatim transcript, court order or Nation-authored biography. The historical narrative reflects the speech's commemorative purpose.
Questions to investigate
- What does the government acknowledge and apologize for?
- Why is a 2019 speech different evidence from an 1885 court or community record?
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- Access
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- Rights / reuse
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- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Opened official archived speech page; date, Poundmaker Cree Nation location, check-against-delivery label and exoneration/apology passages read.
Copy-ready citation
Prime Minister of Canada. Statement of Exoneration for Chief Poundmaker, 2019. 2019-05-23; archived prepared speech. https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2019/05/23/statement-exoneration-chief-poundmaker. Record checked 2026-09-30.
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